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I think when the history of this moment is written, it will become apparent that the oligarchs made a key mistake in their attempt to seize power. They hitched their wagon to a historically unpopular, 79 year old, term-limited Trump.

WATCH: 'I don't think it was good for Republicans,' Trump says after Democrats score election wins Trump, whose first term at the White House set the previous government shutdown record, said this one was a “big factor, negative” in the GOP's election losses Tuesday and he repeated his demands for ...

The ongoing government shutdown, which broke the record as the longest ever, is disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with program cuts, flight delays and federal workers nationwide left without paychecks. https://to.pbs.org/4oNTriO

While the government prosecutes this case “in some purported effort to keep law enforcement safe and free from food fights,” CBP employees “are joking about it.” The gov, she says, is trying to turn a “gag-gift worthy moment into a federal criminal offense. We ask you not to allow them to do that.”

Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”

It's no coincidence that Donald sympathizes with the sexual ABUSER'S family, not to VICTIMS'.

Meanwhile, back in the real world . . .

The Trump/Johnson government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record set during Donald Trump’s first term for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Well done, Republicans! No wonder you were routed last night.

Explain all the seats that flipped R to D. I'll wait while you try to cope even harder, dear.

So Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia are now blue states? Good to know, Mikey!

NARRATOR: “To no one’s surprise, Karoline Leavitt did not check back on that.”

Governor Newsom urges the Supreme Court to reject Trump’s illegal tariff grift | Governor of California

The U.S. Supreme Court must overturn the Trump Administration's illegal tariffs.

I *wept* when they did this.

I would just like to say that knowing there was a collective hopelessness, found here, that we were all doing our best to fight through, helps. We’re never going to be done, but posts like yours have helped people you don’t know, like me, feel like we’re not alone in this. That matters. So thank you

I quite literally love to see it.

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* Consumer Delinquencies Climb as More Student Debt Goes Unpaid

@bloomberg.com #NYFed

I spoke with a staffer at Shaheen’s office who assured me that they would not do anything unless retaining ACA subsidies is guaranteed. The staffer offered that information without my asking and it seems like their phones are blowing up with concerns about their position.

Word on the Hill: Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, and other centrist Democrats want to end the shutdown. Every poll shows Republicans are losing this fight. Secure the ACA subsidies. We do not capitulate to a fascist tyrant and especially not when we’re winning you morons. Blow up their fucking phones.

Lmaoooo how did I miss this post

"What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections."

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

Mamdani is too late, the Trump administration is already seizing the means of production.

Trump wants Republicans to kill the filibuster. Great! In the long run, it would be good for Democrats and democracy.

New in PN: Trump wants Republicans to kill the filibuster. Great!

"The problem for Democrats is they simply want to do more things than Republicans do, so a status quo of near-total gridlock hurts them more than it hurts the GOP, for whom a govt unable to solve problems is a feature, not a bug."

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."

Big things are happening…

Mayor Mamdani. A photo of Zohran smiling. Zohran wins

26 billionaires spent over $22 million to beat Zohran Mamdani.

Why? Because regular people came together around an agenda that prioritized making life easier for more people. It beat big money.

That is how we win.

If anyone needed another reminder of how deeply unpopular the Trump-MAGA Republican agenda is, tonight was the night.

But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent.

The midterms are right around the corner.

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

Americans are speaking up — loudly and clearly.

The sleeping giant of America is up and roaring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-awakens